“We’ve become more interested in the ritual of buying a game” really just hit me hard. Growing up in the 80's/90's, games were my parents way of rewarding me for doing well. Got all A’s on that report card? Cool, we’ll get you a (cheap) game. Collecting NES/Sega/N64 cartridges and PS1 discs were like a badge of…

I’d always wanted someone to share my love of gaming with. When I first started dating my now *spoilers* wife, we decided to each pick a game for the other to play. She wasn’t crazy good with a controller, but she wanted to see Resident Evil 4. I’d only beaten 2 before, but we’d made a deal so I picked it up and…